WTA Tour wrap: Frenchwomen and seeds win on opening day at Strasbourg
IT was a fairly comprehensive day of results on the opening day at the WTA Tour’s Internationaux de Strasbourg, as the two seeds reigned supreme and a couple of hometown hopefuls enter the second round. The two seeds were predictable smashing out first round victories, as third seed Ekaterina Alexandrova flew out of the blocks against […]
WTA Tour wrap: Gauff wins teen battle as Stephens and Wang enter first semi-finals in years
WITH two events currently in progress, the Serbia Ladies Open continues to be plagued by rain delays seeing no Day 6 matches go ahead, while the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, Italy, went full steam ahead with four huge quarter finals setting up a massive day of semi-finals action tomorrow. There were two entirely seeded clashes […]
WTA Tour wrap: Rain delays in Belgrade as Gauff sets up blockbuster quarter final
ANOTHER big day of proceedings were had at both the Serbia Ladies Open in Belgrade and Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, with one event interrupted by rain, delaying entrants to the quarter finals, and the other completing its Round of 16 results. In Serbia, Ana Konjuh was the big winner of the day downing second seed Yulia Putintseva. The […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rain forces delays at Geneva and Lyon
RAIN delays in Geneva and a combination of first and second round matches in Lyon painted an intriguing day at the respective ATP 250 events. There were very little surprises compared to the past round, with just one seed falling across the two competitions. At Geneva, two matches are yet to complete with second seed Denis Shapovalov […]
WTA Tour wrap: Emilia-Romagna and Belgrade begin
THE second day at both the Emilia-Romagna Open and Belgrade WTA 250 events saw plenty of intriguing results, following predictable opening days at each tournament. Of the eight Day 2 matches which played out at Parma, all three seeds proceeded joining the opening day’s winners in Daria Kasatkina, Amanda Anisimova and Wang Qiang. Top seed Serena Williams was […]
WTA Tour wrap: Swiatek claims Rome title along with top 10 ranking
IGA Swiatek has cracked the top 10 WTA Tour world rankings for the first time with a huge 6-0 6-0 sweep of Karolina Pliskova in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia final, obliterating her fifth seed opposition to jump into ninth in the world. The 19-year-old starred in the first ever double-bagel victory at Rome, also registering the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rafa wins record 10th Rome title
A SLUMP midway through the Rome Masters finals was not enough for Novak Djokovic to get the ‘W’ over clay champion Rafael Nadal, as the Spaniard claimed a record 10th title at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. This victory sees Nadal draw even with Djokovic for ATP Masters titles at a whopping 36 apiece, collecting his 88th tour-level […]
WTA Tour wrap: Pliskova into third straight Rome final against clay talent, Swiatek
DAY 8 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia saw three matches take place, with one player taking the court twice and reigning supreme on both occasions to head into the Rome final. Expect a huge clash between ninth seed Czech Karolina Pliskova and 15th seed Pole Iga Swiatek in the final, with the former a well-established winner […]
ATP Tour wrap: Djokovic and Nadal to contest for Rome title
RAIN delays set up an enticing eighth day of action at the Rome Masters, as two players played back-to back-matches on a huge day on clay. Whilst Stefanos Tsitsipas held the upper hand prior to the delays, it was not to be done as Novak Djokovic made great use of the delay to build his form once more. […]
WTA Tour wrap: Teens impress as Rome final eight is revealed
THE final eight has been decided at the the WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, with the draw evenly split for seeded and unseeded competitors following a couple of intriguing results, which saw two teenagers win their way through to the quarter finals. The big upset of the day saw youngster Coco Gauff down in-form seventh […]
